The more regulatory competence and authority is conferred upon larger institutions and systems of governance—especially at the global level—the more we will be confronted with questions of how to ensure the accountability and legitimacy of governance. Simply put, we are faced with the need to understand the democratic quality of earth system governance. What are the sources of accountability and legitimacy in earth system governance? What are the effects of different forms and degrees of accountability and legitimacy for the performance of governance systems? How can mechanisms of transparency ensure accountable and legitimate earth system governance? What institutional designs can produce the accountability and legitimacy of earth system governance in a way that guarantees balances of interests and perspectives?
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The Accountability in Global Environmental Governance network (AGEG) explores approaches to accountability, to assess the necessity and potential for greater accountability in the system of global environmental governance that has been riddled by fragmentation and duplication of efforts, dispersed political authority and weak regulatory influence.
Task Force on Ocean Governance
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Related People
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Prof. Karin BäckstrandStockholm University, Sweden
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Dr. Jennifer L. BaileyNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
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Catherine BlanchardUtrecht University, The Netherlands
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Dr. Clara BrandiGerman Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
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Dr. Neil DawsonUniversity of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Prof. Peter DriessenUtrecht University, The Netherlands
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Prof. John DryzekNew Directions Lead AuthorUniversity of Canberra, Australia
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Prof. Leila FerreiraCampinas University UNICAMP, Brazil
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Prof. Urbano Fra PaleoUniversity of Extremadura, Spain
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Dr. Kalpana GiriResearch Fellow Coordinator AsiaStockholm Environment Institute, Asia Office, Thailand
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Prof. Christopher GordonNew Directions Lead AuthorUniversity of Ghana, Ghana
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Sara HughesNational Center for Atmospheric Research, United States of America
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Marija IsailovicVU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dr. Sikina JinnahNew Directions Lead AuthorUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, United States of America
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Dr. Md Saiful KarimQueensland University of Technology, Australia
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Dr. Prakash KashwanUniversity of Connecticut, United States of America
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Martina KühnerMaastricht University, The Netherlands
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Dr. Jonathan KuyperUniversity of Oslo, Sweden
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Dr. Amrita LambaSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom
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Bingyu LiuUniversity of British Columbia, Canada
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Prof. Benoît MayerThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Prof. James MeadowcroftCarleton University, Canada
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Prof. Ronald MitchellUniversity of Oregon, United States of America
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Dr. Simon NiemeyerUniversity of Canberra, Australia
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Dr. Mi Sun ParkSeoul National University, Republic of Korea
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Hyeyoon ParkColorado State University, The United States of America
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Prof. Dr. Lena PartzschUniversity of Erfurt, Germany
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Dr. Michelle ScobieNew Directions Lead AuthorThe University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
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Prof. Steve VanderheidenUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, United States of America
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Dr. Yu YangSichuan Agricultural University and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Prof. Mahdi ZarghamiUniversity of Tabriz, Iran
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Dr. Fariborz ZelliLund University, Sweden
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